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.םינוילעה ופוג יקלח לע ןבל רומינב רכינ .רופא ברוע יניקב רקיעב ויציב תא ליטמ ץראב ,הנוי לשכ ולדוג ,ליפט ףוע :תציוצמ הייקוק .םוכרכה עבצב וראוצ ידיצ .ןבלב םירמונמו םירפרפא םימוח םינוילעה ופוג יקלח ראשו ףרועה ,םיפוסכ םירופא ותציצו ושאר תפיכ .םירוחש םילגרהו רוקמה .המודא רוע תעבט הביבסמו רופא םוח ןיעה תיתשק .םוח ועבצו גרודמ ,ךורא בנזה .ןבל בהבהצ ןוחגה .םינוש םיברוע יניקב רקיעב היציב תא הליטמ .םירחא םיינצוק םיחיש תינצוק הטיש יחיש דחוימב ,הצחמל םישבי םירוזאב םישרוח הלודיג תיב .ץראה ןופצו זכרמב םיכומנ םירוזאו תולפשב רקיעב ,תוחפ החיכש ץיק תרגודו ףרוחב הרידנ ,החיכש ךרוא תרבוע ץראב .א'ע ג"ס ןילוח ... יריסא יאקוקו יאוק ייבא רמא ... | ||||||||||
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Subspecies and Distribution.
Clamator glandarius Iberian Pennsula, S France and W Italia, urkey and Cyprus to Iraq, Iran, and S through Middle East to Egypt, also sub Saharan Africa from Senegal to Sudan and Ethionia, Somalia and Kenya to Tanzania, Angola and S Africa. Winters in Africa. | ||||||||||
Descriptive notes.Parasitical bird, lays its eggs in the nests of other birds, in Israel, in the nests of Hooded Crow. 35-38 cm, 124 g, wingspan 58 cm.A long-tailled cuckoo with prominent crest, dusky brown above with white feather tips, flight-feathers grey-brown, tail tipped white, crown grey with slight crest, face blackish throat buff, otherwise white below. Eye-ring grey to reddish, iris brown, bill black, and feet black. Habitat.Semi-arid open woodland, especially acacia thorn-scrub, also other scrub, rocky hillsides in dry savannas.In Europe favors savanna-like heathland, often with cork oak or stone pine, also olive groves. Mainly between 500 m and 200 m. Food and FeedingInsects, mainly large hairy caterpillars, also termites, grasshoppers, moths and small lizards. Dresses caterpillars by removing hairs befor eating. Often feeds on ground.Breeding.Apr-May in Mediterranean. Mar in Egypt, Apr-May in Senegal and Sierra Leone, Apr-Jul in Mali, Ghana and Nigeria, Dec-Mar in Namibia, Apr in Botswqna.Brood-parasitic, hosts crows and magpies in Mediterranean, particularly Black-billed Magpie, Azure-winged Magpie and Hooded Crow. Female can lay 12-25 eggs in a season. Eggs pale greenish with brown and grey marks. Often several cuckoo eggs in one crow nest. Female may damage host's eggs by dropping its own egg on top. Magpies sometimes remove cuckoo eggs from nest, crows do not, incubation 12-15 days, shorter than host. Chick naked, yellow or pink at hatching, gape pink, palate spicules not contrasting in color. When more than one cuckoo chick in magpie nest, younger one may starve. Movements.European birds mostly migrate to Africa, wintering N of 10 degrees N, but possibly many move S of Sahara. Small numbers winter in S Spain. Movements throughout range inadequately known, since breeding and non-breeding birds are indistinguishable.Birds in W Africa appear to be local migrants, though some are resident in Senegal. Occasional migrants recorded Arabia. Rare winter records from Middle East. Vagrant to Britain, N Europe and Russia. Status and ConservationNot globally threatene. Generally uncommon throughout most of its range, but conspicuous where it does occur. (About 500 pairs estimated to breed in Israel in 1980's).Israel.In Israel subspecies Clamator glandarius. Very rare winter passage migrant but quite common passage migrant throughout the country and uncommon breeding summer visitor of central and northern Israel. |
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